Get-LastxOfMonth.ps1
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Script
Function Get-LastxOfMonth {
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[parameter(Mandatory)]
[String]
$Day,
[parameter(ParameterSetName = 'ByDate',
Mandatory,
ValueFromPipeline)]
[System.DateTime]
$Date,
[parameter(ParameterSetName = 'ByString',
Mandatory,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)]
[ValidateRange(1, 12)]
[int]
$Month,
[parameter(ParameterSetName = 'ByString',
Mandatory,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)]
[ValidatePattern('^\d{4}$')]
[int]
$Year,
[switch]
$asDate = $false
)
Begin {
$alldays = @()
}
Process {
# Validate the Day string passed as parameter by casting it into
if (-not([System.DayOfWeek]::$Day -in 0..6)) {
Write-Warning -Message 'Invalid string submitted as Day parameter'
return
}
Switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName) {
ByString {
# Do nothing, variables are already defined and validated
}
ByDate {
$Month = $Date.Month
$Year = $Date.Year
}
}
# There aren't 32 days in any month so we make sure we iterate through all days in a month
0..31 | ForEach-Object -Process {
$evaldate = (Get-Date -Year $Year -Month $Month -Day 1).AddDays($_)
if ($evaldate.Month -eq $Month) {
if ($evaldate.DayOfWeek -eq $Day) {
$alldays += $evaldate.Day
}
}
}
# Output
if ($asDate) {
Get-Date -Year $Year -Month $Month -Day $alldays[-1]
}
else {
$alldays[-1]
}
}
End {}
}
<#
# Find the last Wednesday of each month of 2013
1..12 | ForEach-Object -Process {
Get-LastxOfMonth -Day Wednesday -Month $_ -Year 2013 -asDate
}
# Make a mistake in the spelling of the day name
Get-LastxOfMonth -Day FridayZ -Month 10 -Year 2010
# Get the last Sunday of this month
Get-LastxOfMonth -Day Sunday -Month 10 -Year 2012
# Find the last Friday of the current month but next year
Get-LastxOfMonth -Day Friday -Date (Get-Date).AddYears(1) -asDate
# Submit a Datetime object through the pipeline
(Get-Date).AddMonths(-4).AddYears(1) | Get-LastxOfMonth -Day Friday -asDate
# Use the other parameter set that uses only a value from the pipeline by property name
New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property @{
Month = 10;
Year = 2013;
} | Get-LastxOfMonth -Day Friday -asDate
#>
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